1910-again: Leon Bonvin, Sunset, Woodland Scene 1864 Without wishing to take anything away from Francois Bonvin’s lustre, it is painful to think that Leon’s pictures brought him so little recognition - and the money that he needed so desperately to support his wife. …On January 29, 1866, Bonvin,  desperate to earn money to support himself and his wife, carried a portfolio of his work to Paris where a short-sighted art dealer refused to place his pictures, telling the artist that they are “too dark, not gay enough.”   I recoil from the thought of despair that accompanied him on his trek toward home.  What he thought can only be guessed at, but his conclusions were grim. The next day Bonvin hanged himself from a tree in the forest of Meudon, a place that overlooked the plains of Issy that the artist depicted with such affection in his watercolors.  The little family inn, Bonvin’s wife, and the dog and the cat were all left waiting in Vaugirard for his return.  -The Blue Lantern
suicideblonde: Kate Moss photographed by Mary McCartney in 2004
larmoyante: Original manuscript for Alice in Wonderland hand written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll, 1862
yama-bato:   Romualdas Požerskis via
suicideblonde: Georges De Feure (1868-1943)
medieval: Chi Rho Iota, Book of Matthew, Book of Kells, late 8th early 9th century AD
kittenmeats: “Valerie and Her Week of Wonders” (1970) - Jaromil Jires